Carboniferous Rocks in North America Today

Explore: the Carboniferous in Any state Alberta, CanadaBritish Columbia, CanadaManitoba, CanadaNew Brunswick, CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador, CanadaNorthwest Territories, CanadaNova Scotia, CanadaNunavut, CanadaOntario, CanadaPrince Edward Island, CanadaQuebec, CanadaSaskatchewan, CanadaYukon Territory, CanadaNortheast region, MexicoNorthwest region, MexicoSoutheast region, MexicoSouthwest region, MexicoAlabama, USAlaska, USArizona, USArkansas, USCalifornia, USColorado, USConnecticut, USDelaware, USFlorida, USGeorgia, USHawaii, USIdaho, USIllinois, USIndiana, USIowa, USKansas, USKentucky, USLouisiana, USMaine, USMaryland, USMassachusetts, USMichigan, USMinnesota, USMississippi, USMissouri, USMontana, USNebraska, USNevada, USNew Hampshire, USNew Jersey, USNew Mexico, USNew York, USNorth Carolina, USNorth Dakota, USOhio, USOklahoma, USOregon, USPennsylvania, USRhode Island, USSouth Carolina, USSouth Dakota, USTennessee, USTexas, USUtah, USVermont, USVirginia, USWashington, USWest Virginia, USWisconsin, USWyoming, US

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Carboniferous rocks in North America include large coal deposits from Pennsylvania to Kentucky. Most of these rocks are below the surface, and Carboniferous rocks can be found below the surface in many other states. The largest exposures are in the east-central states from Texas to Iowa and Illinois.